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KNAU wins two Public Media Journalists Association awards

KNAU is deeply honored to have won two second-place Public Media Journalists Association awards this year. PMJA’s annual competition recognizes the best in local public radio news.

Our story by KNAU Science and Technology Reporter Melissa Sevigny won in the Education Feature category.

She toured Lowell Observatory’s long-awaited, $53 million Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center on its opening day last year. She roamed the center and witnessed people of all ages connect to the universe in unexpected ways.

A view from the second-story balcony looking down into the children's gallery. Hand-painted, scale models of nine planets (Pluto included) hang suspended from the ceiling.
KNAU and Arizona News
At Lowell Observatory’s new science center, you can see, touch, hear and—yes—smell the universe
Melissa Sevigny
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory recently opened the long-awaited Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center. Hundreds of visitors flocked to the new exhibits, which aim to connect people to the universe in unexpected ways.

In PMJA’s Special Coverage 2024 Election category, KNAU’s newsroom was recognized for a feature story by Richard Davis.

He spent an extended amount of time with four generations of a Navajo family who led a five-day horseback ride across the Navajo Nation to register voters ahead of the presidential election.

Congratulations to Richard and Melissa along with the entire staff of KNAU for this honor!

Latham Young slaps a highway sign as he rides toward Window Rock on a five-day horseback ride to register new voters on the Navajo Nation.
KNAU and Arizona News
Navajo horseback group gets out the vote on five-day ride
Richard Alun Davis
Four generations of a Navajo family led a five-day horseback ride to register new voters ahead of the November election. They hope to increase participation on the reservation where residents face voting barriers.